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O. A. JENSEN.

DRAWER, No. 290,237. Patented Dec. 18, 1883.

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UNITED I STATES I OLE ANDREAS JENSEN,

DATENIT OFFICE.

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DRAWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,237, dated December 18,, 1883 l Application filed January 20, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OLE ANDREAS J Ensign, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guide-Rollers for Drawers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will-enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon ,which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide means for guiding the drawers of bureaus, desks, tables, 850., and preventing their vibrating laterally, and locking when being pushed in or pulled out. This I accomplish by the construction of a central longitudinal frame extending from the front frame or crosspiece, immediately under the drawer, to the back of the bureau or desk, which has a 1ongitudinal bead or mortise on or in its upper surface, adapted to receive a guide-roller depending from and secured vertically and cen-- trally to the exterior of the back board.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a cluster of drawers in perspective, each having a modified form of my invention affixed thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of my invention.

Fig. 3 is a detailview. Fig. 4 is aside view of one of the modifications of my guide-roller, and Fig. 5 shows a plan and end views of the front cross-piece and central frame as beaded and mortised.

A represents that cross-frame in any article of household or office furniture having drawers which is immediately under the face of said drawers. Extending horizontally back from the center of length of said frame A,and properly secured at the back of the furniture, is the longitudinal central frame, B. This frame B is provided with a longitudinal bead, a, on its upper surface, preferably extending from end to end of thesame, on which travels the concave guide-wheel O. The guide-wheel G is properly journaled between the lugs a, projecting laterally from the plate'D, which issecured vertically to the back board of the drawer, immediately over the central frame,

B. The upper part of the plate D is stepped at b, and is recessed in the surface back of said stepped portion, forming a pocket, 0. This pocket is adapted to receive the lower portion of the male plate E, from the upper end of' which project lugs d, between which is journaled the friction-roller F. In that portion of the plate E which operates within the pocket 0 is a longitudinal slot, 6, by means of which the vertical position of said plate is adjusted and maintained by a screw passing through a perforation in the contiguous stepped portion of the plate D, through the slot, into the back board of the drawer. Other screws may be used to keep these plates in position, if desired.

my invention, and in the drawings Ihave illustrated several. For instance, on box G, Fig. 1, I have dispensed with the friction-roller which keeps the guide-roller on the bead by bearing against the under and contiguous surface of the central frame,B,immediately above. In such case the weight of the drawer is depended on to keep the guide-roller from j umping the bead-track. On box G is another modification. In this the friction roller is omitted .'and the guideroller has a flat periphery, which is adapted to enter a mortised center frame, B, substantially as shown by 3 in Fig. 5. This modification is also provided 'with a horizontal roller, H, as shown in side elevationin Fig. 4, which is journaled between the lugs 4 4., projecting from the plate D, immediately back of the guide-roller, and is adaptwhich it travels. These modifications all embody the same principle, and are adapted to be used on most drawers in any article of furniture. They render the ledges or shelves on which the side edges of the drawer rest unnecessary, operating equally as well with or without them.

I do not wish to be confined to the use of a concave or fiat guide-wheel, nor to the use of a bead-track or mortised central frame; but,

What I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a drawer, a guide wheel attached to the middle of the exterior of ed to bear against the walls of the mortise in.

There can be many modifications made of the back of the drawer, and a frame arranged longitudinally under said drawer, and having the means to direct the travel of said wheel.

2. A drawer, a guide-wheel attached to the lower central rear part of the same, and a suitable track therefor, in combination with a friction -roller attached to the upper central rear portion of the drawer,to keep said guide-wheel on said track by bearing against the under surface of the central frame of the drawer next above.

3. The combination of a supporting-frame provided with a central tracl ,adrawer,aplate provided with a guide-wheel attached to the J AMES H. COYNE, FRANK D. THOMASON. 

